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i think like dana says, everyone wants to see students do well. different philosophy and approaches how to do it. i don't think lowering the standard to allow subjectivity, i am not sure that's the right path to educational greatness or competency even. >> i am not saying every conservative, i say florida parents are willing to drop it. indiana, too controversial, we're out of it. >> federal obama administration initiative, this came from 45 state educators. it also is supported by somebody i give a lot of credit to that understands education, jeb bush. if he tells me this is a good idea, and one example, yeah, but the fact of the matter, the core curriculum needed in math and english is something we need to set standards on. do you want to be put under by an anesthesiologist who thinks three times four is 11, but here is a good reason why it is so? >> i think i had that already. >> well done. >> going to be interesting. i don't think it cuts on party lines but seems as though president obama is embracing it, a lot of people think like race to the
i think like dana says, everyone wants to see students do well. different philosophy and approaches how to do it. i don't think lowering the standard to allow subjectivity, i am not sure that's the right path to educational greatness or competency even. >> i am not saying every conservative, i say florida parents are willing to drop it. indiana, too controversial, we're out of it. >> federal obama administration initiative, this came from 45 state educators. it also is supported by...
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dana, to you on the hill. i know members of congress, they are heading out of town for multiple weeks. they're being briefed. they are obviously taking this quite seriously. >> they are. since you and i spoke last hour, brooke, i've spoken to two additional sources. one from each party who have been briefed. both say they absolutely think the administration is doing the right thing. that this is an entirely appropriate response and reaction based on the threat that they know is out there. the one thing they say, though, is, you know, chris lawrence and our other colleagues, their sources are saying all signs are pointing to yemen. but they also say that they are seeing chatter that shows that this could be much more broad than that. not just in terms of the source of potential terrorists, but also the terror attack. so that is why the state department put this global travel warning out there. the other thing that may be kind of obvious, but i think it's worth underscoring, because one of the sources mentioned
dana, to you on the hill. i know members of congress, they are heading out of town for multiple weeks. they're being briefed. they are obviously taking this quite seriously. >> they are. since you and i spoke last hour, brooke, i've spoken to two additional sources. one from each party who have been briefed. both say they absolutely think the administration is doing the right thing. that this is an entirely appropriate response and reaction based on the threat that they know is out there....
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dana, what's been the preaction on capitol hill? the president is heading on vacation tomorrow, but we did see what speaker boehner was saying, suggesting the president was more concerned about saving face than defending these programs. >> that's right. look, this has been kind of the one issue or one of the few issues i should say where republicans have been pretty supportive of the president. this nsa program they say has been helpful and they have been kind of his biggest cheerleaders on this, while the democrats, many of the democrats, as jessica was talking about, two leading liberal democrat senators have been the most vocal in terms of their criticism. this has changed that a little bit. one thing i would say about peter king, as he said the president is on an apology tour. what that also illustrates is the split within the republican party. peter king is making noise about being president and is trying to push the wing of the republican party that is more hawkish against those on the republican side like rand paul who is run
dana, what's been the preaction on capitol hill? the president is heading on vacation tomorrow, but we did see what speaker boehner was saying, suggesting the president was more concerned about saving face than defending these programs. >> that's right. look, this has been kind of the one issue or one of the few issues i should say where republicans have been pretty supportive of the president. this nsa program they say has been helpful and they have been kind of his biggest cheerleaders...
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integration of cuban schools years before it happened here in the us so it's especially shocking that dana perino actually had the gall to compare cuba to self africa under apartheid and became a lastly to imply that jay z. went to cuba on behalf of the administration is out right absurd it's a bit of a stretch to assume that beyond say some dangerous liaison for the obama administration because she's trying to get some sun even if they were there on behalf of the white house who cares when it be a good thing to open relations with a country that's been under a strict us in bargo for the last fifty one years simply because it's socialist. you know i haven't would love for you to believe that cuba is some desolate racist tyrannically run hell hole but it's a country that both a ninety nine percent literacy rate and a health care system that's lauded as one of the best in the world but back to jay z's trip scandal for just a second to put your minds at ease over legalities concerns as it turns out the trip was completely lawful and pre-approved by the treasury department. i guess we can all
integration of cuban schools years before it happened here in the us so it's especially shocking that dana perino actually had the gall to compare cuba to self africa under apartheid and became a lastly to imply that jay z. went to cuba on behalf of the administration is out right absurd it's a bit of a stretch to assume that beyond say some dangerous liaison for the obama administration because she's trying to get some sun even if they were there on behalf of the white house who cares when it...
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. >>> i'm dana bash in for candy crowley with breaking news we're following out of syria. a u.s. official tells cnn there's very little doubt that the assad government used chemical weapons against civilians. syria's government today said it will allow u.n. weapons inspectors to investigate the site where the alleged attack occurred on wednesday. the syrian government denies responsibility and is blaming rebels for the attack that reportedly kd
. >>> i'm dana bash in for candy crowley with breaking news we're following out of syria. a u.s. official tells cnn there's very little doubt that the assad government used chemical weapons against civilians. syria's government today said it will allow u.n. weapons inspectors to investigate the site where the alleged attack occurred on wednesday. the syrian government denies responsibility and is blaming rebels for the attack that reportedly kd
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dana, what is the reaction on capitol hill? i know the lawmakers are in recess, on vacation, the president is going on vacation tomorrow but we saw what speaker bayner said, suggesting the president was concerned about saving face than defending the programs. >> that's right. look, i mean, this is kind of the one issue or few issues, i should say where republicans are supportive of the president. this nsa program they say has been helpful and they have been kind of his biggest cheerleaders on this while the democrats, many of the democrats, as jessica was just talking to, leading liberal democratic senators have been maybe the most vocal in terms of criticism. this changed that a little bit. but one thing i would say about peter king, one of the lawmakers you were talking about, he said the president is on an apology tour. that illustrates the flight within the republican party because peter king, as you know is making noise about being president and he's trying to push the wing of the republican party that is more hockish agai
dana, what is the reaction on capitol hill? i know the lawmakers are in recess, on vacation, the president is going on vacation tomorrow but we saw what speaker bayner said, suggesting the president was concerned about saving face than defending the programs. >> that's right. look, i mean, this is kind of the one issue or few issues, i should say where republicans are supportive of the president. this nsa program they say has been helpful and they have been kind of his biggest...
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>> that is a big part of -- dana rohrabacher was just speaking a few days ago where he basically tipped his hand in this. it's basically if the planet is warming then we'll need government intervention. because we don't like government intervention, ergo the planet cannot be warming. and it's a reverse engineered logic that gets them to opposing it. >> polls show it's a pressing issue for americans, an issue you examine in the documentary. let's take a look at your work. >> according to a recent gallup poll, only one-third of americans are greatly worried about climate change. what can possibly explain this apathy when 99.8% of scientific study support the existence of human-caused global warming? well, some of the credit goes to the so called experts who peddle dubious science to counter any government attempt to tackle the issue, the deniers. >> if you do nothing about this at all, for the whole of the next 23 years, the worst that will happen, using the u.n.'s own estimates, is a one fahrenheit degree warming, which will be largely harmless and beneficial. >> i think it's really impo
>> that is a big part of -- dana rohrabacher was just speaking a few days ago where he basically tipped his hand in this. it's basically if the planet is warming then we'll need government intervention. because we don't like government intervention, ergo the planet cannot be warming. and it's a reverse engineered logic that gets them to opposing it. >> polls show it's a pressing issue for americans, an issue you examine in the documentary. let's take a look at your work. >>...
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he wants to know when did dana lohse become a backup singer. you know. [ laughter ] ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> stephanie: all right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: you could alternatively put a boinking turtle in there. oh, no. [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: dozens of gay couples began tying the not in minnesota. as you know, every straight couple ever is so romantic. [♪ romantic music ] >> stephanie: it's a perfect love story. a tennessee woman is accused of hiding meth in her dentures so she could pass it to her would-be husband in jail. she planned to marry an inmate and inquired as to how she would be able to kiss him. after an officer noticed she was having trouble keeping her dentures in place, they investigated and found a package of meth. >> that is true love. >> stephanie: and that is love. would you smuggle meth in your dentures for somebody? i mean come on. that is love. >> no. >> stephanie: all right. speaking of love. this is actually a question. robert -- let's see, writes, steph, i have a problem which i thought
he wants to know when did dana lohse become a backup singer. you know. [ laughter ] ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> stephanie: all right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: you could alternatively put a boinking turtle in there. oh, no. [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: dozens of gay couples began tying the not in minnesota. as you know, every straight couple ever is so romantic. [♪ romantic music ] >> stephanie: it's a perfect love story. a tennessee woman...
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obscured by smoke and causing a lot of problems for the people in the area who are wearing masks or ban danas to keep the smoke and ash out of their lungs. >> the beaver creek fire has te voured acres and is not under control. the fire fighters are challenged by the same type of fire tornados or fire whorls that are whipping around and spreading flames in the other parts of the western u.s. 42 wildfires are raging in 11 states from alaska down to arizona, the heat and drought speeding the pace of this year's fire season, already one of the deadliest on record, 31 killed so far. and the burning expected to last for several more weeks. abc news, denver. >>> ginger zee is tracking the conditions as fire fighters battle those places. >> hey, dan, not good. i want to show, idaho and utah, we're focused on those, hot and dry through today. red flag watches, and fire warnings for california and other states because of thunderstorms. it's good, but bittersweet, the storm, gusty winds and more lightning for more fires. we have to go to the other side of the country. we were talking about the flooding.
obscured by smoke and causing a lot of problems for the people in the area who are wearing masks or ban danas to keep the smoke and ash out of their lungs. >> the beaver creek fire has te voured acres and is not under control. the fire fighters are challenged by the same type of fire tornados or fire whorls that are whipping around and spreading flames in the other parts of the western u.s. 42 wildfires are raging in 11 states from alaska down to arizona, the heat and drought speeding the...
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quotes our guest, dana rohrabacher, a california republican. i want to show you the part that guy taylor put in his piece. the congressman is responding to and howa administration it uses its drug policy. mr. rohrbacher said here is congressman rohrabacher in his own words on "newsmakers." [video clip] >> i'm sure sending a drone is legal, but sending a guy with a high-powered rifle is illegal. that type of nonsense we've got to get over if we are going to confront the radical islamic terrorist threat that will murder thousands of our people, even hundreds of thousands of our people, if they get a chance. host: that was congressman rohrbacher on our program. you can go to our video library at c-span.org if you want to watch the whole thing. in a rohrbacher -- dana rohrabacher also tweeting out saying he would defund white trash, but not our vets, seniors, and other deserving americans to provide benefits to those here illegally. he tweeted that out in response to a constituent complaining about immigration policy. that on the "huffington post"
quotes our guest, dana rohrabacher, a california republican. i want to show you the part that guy taylor put in his piece. the congressman is responding to and howa administration it uses its drug policy. mr. rohrbacher said here is congressman rohrabacher in his own words on "newsmakers." [video clip] >> i'm sure sending a drone is legal, but sending a guy with a high-powered rifle is illegal. that type of nonsense we've got to get over if we are going to confront the radical...
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. >> we're joined now by cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash, she is in washington. obviously this move is very heavy with implications because it goes to the heart of the question who was responsible for the chemical weapons attacks. >> that's exactly right. and even more basic is did the chemical weapons attack actually happen? we have that report from the outside government and from groups who were there, but this is very, very important. because part of the problem and the pickle of that president obama and his administration is in right now is that you have finger pointing, you have the syrian rebels saying that the syrian government did it and the syrian government is saying that the rebels did it. so we have the u.n. there trying to figure out what happened. this could make life easier or depending on what they find a lot harder for the president to figure out policy which he has had some criticism about because the president has said he's just been too quiet and to tend tiff about it. >> the idea that chemical weapons were used with death tolls of up to 1,300
. >> we're joined now by cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash, she is in washington. obviously this move is very heavy with implications because it goes to the heart of the question who was responsible for the chemical weapons attacks. >> that's exactly right. and even more basic is did the chemical weapons attack actually happen? we have that report from the outside government and from groups who were there, but this is very, very important. because part of the problem...
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dana howard, the voice of god. thank you, dana howard. we will be hearing from peter lee. herb schwartz, the regional director of the health and services representing the obama administration in our region. bagarcia. to ben honor it is for me here with them because i know of their leadership and their work. of small and founder business majority -- without him it would be impossible to pass the affordable care act act. thank you for your tremendous work on that. [applause] and wendell, my senior health policy advisor resource to all members of congress, house and senate, and to the administration, on health policy. what does wendell think is what we say all the time about this issue. that is what we all find out. thank you, wendell, for being here. [applause] as america's first health inketplace, we take pride that, covered california is leading the way in establishing a bright and healthy future for the golden state by making sure uninsured,s well as californians find plans that --t their needs and their that suit their needs and their pocketbooks. i say this plan is for
dana howard, the voice of god. thank you, dana howard. we will be hearing from peter lee. herb schwartz, the regional director of the health and services representing the obama administration in our region. bagarcia. to ben honor it is for me here with them because i know of their leadership and their work. of small and founder business majority -- without him it would be impossible to pass the affordable care act act. thank you for your tremendous work on that. [applause] and wendell, my...
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firefighters are getting a helping hand from the weather let's check in with dana. >> hi, shan n no, unfortunately we are dealing with dry, warm and gusty conditions that are not helping firefighters in this vulnerable area. 77 as your daytime high, but wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour and because this fire is so big it can be very erratic and actually create its own weather conditions and its own weather gusts, the gusts of wind. firefighters will have to be careful trying to contain this and the mountainous terrain. it is rough to get in there. on monday the winds calm down a little bit. but it is only 7% contained. we think it is going to be with us certainly for much of the workweek. shannon, take a look here. we have over 50 fires burning across the west including the latest in yosemite. we will track itment back to you. >> a tough situation. thank you very much. >>> a battle is brewing over the administration. planning to fund planned parenthood to help with obamacare. and a 72-year-old man suspected of going on a shooting rampage that left at least two people dead. what may
firefighters are getting a helping hand from the weather let's check in with dana. >> hi, shan n no, unfortunately we are dealing with dry, warm and gusty conditions that are not helping firefighters in this vulnerable area. 77 as your daytime high, but wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour and because this fire is so big it can be very erratic and actually create its own weather conditions and its own weather gusts, the gusts of wind. firefighters will have to be careful trying to contain...
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dana symptom, married to web simpson and mark wilson's wife, amy is president of the pga wives association. may i just say the book is beautifully done. it includes recipes. some of my favorite stuff. i don't cook but i wanted to lick some of the pages. this is what's interesting. we are not ladies of lunch that go to the mall. we are very committed to the work that we do. you do say, we do do work. amy, you lead us off, please? >> this is the 25th anniversary of our association. we look with children and their families. between 15-20 weeks a year, we go into the local communities or we either do an event where we are hand's on or cooking at a ronald mcdonald house or gutting houses after hurricane katrina or raise awareness and money. we partnered with the avon foundation and did a walk to raise money for the fight against domestic violence. >> you are doing more than just looking pretty. >> for sure. >> in the process, you have raised $5 million for charity. >> tell me about the association itself, per se. beyond this, what does it do? what's its purpose? >> we are comprised of women fro
dana symptom, married to web simpson and mark wilson's wife, amy is president of the pga wives association. may i just say the book is beautifully done. it includes recipes. some of my favorite stuff. i don't cook but i wanted to lick some of the pages. this is what's interesting. we are not ladies of lunch that go to the mall. we are very committed to the work that we do. you do say, we do do work. amy, you lead us off, please? >> this is the 25th anniversary of our association. we look...
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olympic swimmer dana volmer will call for equal access to federal meal programs in the oakland unified school district. they want congress to incorporate the regional cost of living to determine a family's eligible when applying for free or reduced price meals. research has shown that children who go hungry are more likely to struggle in the classroom and have increased tardiness. >>> a santa rosa high school may require students and teachers to wear nametag. the idea is in response to recent school shootings. administrators say the new policy would help staff quickly identify people who are not students and help first responders know who belongs on campus in the case of an emergency. if the school decides to go forward enforcement could begin next month. so far reaction has been mixed. marin housing authority is hosting its first ever back to school celebration. the event will be tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at golden gate village in marin city. the goal is to encouraged increased school attendance and probably involvement. it will feature speakers, games, deejay and a barbecue dinner. >>> t
olympic swimmer dana volmer will call for equal access to federal meal programs in the oakland unified school district. they want congress to incorporate the regional cost of living to determine a family's eligible when applying for free or reduced price meals. research has shown that children who go hungry are more likely to struggle in the classroom and have increased tardiness. >>> a santa rosa high school may require students and teachers to wear nametag. the idea is in response to...
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. >> on this week's newsmakers, dana rohrabacher. he's chairman of the foreign affairs subcommittee on europe, eurasia, and emerging threats. we discussed a variety of foreign policy topics, including israeli and israeli palestinian peace talks. these makers is sunday on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. >> we wrote this about a year and a half ago, it's called 10 letters. it's letters that president obama reads and i went back and found 10 of them who had written to the president. it has been a pretty good read. when that is done, then we go on to act of congress and another guy at "the washington post" and back in the 1970s there was a big difference between then and now it is just that these guys have written. collision 2012 is written and there was a similar writing back in the 2008 campaign. all the guys involved, and that is coming out in august. the other one is through the perilous fight, which is by steve bulger, also someone i used to work with closely. we look back at the six weeks during the war of 1812. >> we saw the mo
. >> on this week's newsmakers, dana rohrabacher. he's chairman of the foreign affairs subcommittee on europe, eurasia, and emerging threats. we discussed a variety of foreign policy topics, including israeli and israeli palestinian peace talks. these makers is sunday on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. >> we wrote this about a year and a half ago, it's called 10 letters. it's letters that president obama reads and i went back and found 10 of them who had written to the president....
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. >> all right, dana, i have a feeling many updates for you throughout the morning. we'll check back in. >>> joining us now with reaction and sort of deep thoughts on this breaking news, dan rather and anchoring manager, thanks for bringing some breaking news to us. i'm just kidding. >> i'd love to take credit for it. >> what are your thoughts on this, on this nsa leak situation broadly, but especially this latest breaking news. they've threatened for a while that edward snowden is going to try to get out of the airport and try to find even temporary asylum in russia. now it's happened. that's not good for a u.s./russia diplomatic relations. >> sthere wasn't much they coul do about it. but the important thing about this in terms of international relationships is that the united states under the obama administration some time ago said they wanted to reboot relationships with russia, get things better. things have, in fact, gotten worse to the point now but this setback. that's the overall framework of what's happening. this does not look good for the obama administrat
. >> all right, dana, i have a feeling many updates for you throughout the morning. we'll check back in. >>> joining us now with reaction and sort of deep thoughts on this breaking news, dan rather and anchoring manager, thanks for bringing some breaking news to us. i'm just kidding. >> i'd love to take credit for it. >> what are your thoughts on this, on this nsa leak situation broadly, but especially this latest breaking news. they've threatened for a while that...
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. >> how do you hit -- dana pa rene no set me up. >> former white house colleague sweet op-ed in the new hit tweet. >> i am sweating. >> i just tweeted. >> i am in a sweat. >> well -- >> what's going to happen now? is it going to -- >> i'm -- >> i only have one follower. >> i'm going to retweet you. >> yeah. will it hurt? >> a lot of people will see it and then get a lot of hateful tweets. >> awesome. >> michael gerson, saying good-bye to my child the youngster. i put on my best face, but it is the worst thing that time has done to me so far. that moment at the dorm is implied that the kindergarten door, at the gates of summer camp, every ritual of parting and independence. but it comes as surprising as a thief taking what you value most. there is no use in brooding about it. i'm sure my father realized it at a similar moment and i certainly didn't notice or empathi empathize. at first he was a giant who held my hand and filled my sky, a middle-aged man who paid my bills. decades after his passing a much loved shadow. but i can remember the last time i hugged him in the front hallway
. >> how do you hit -- dana pa rene no set me up. >> former white house colleague sweet op-ed in the new hit tweet. >> i am sweating. >> i just tweeted. >> i am in a sweat. >> well -- >> what's going to happen now? is it going to -- >> i'm -- >> i only have one follower. >> i'm going to retweet you. >> yeah. will it hurt? >> a lot of people will see it and then get a lot of hateful tweets. >> awesome. >> michael...
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dana goldman from the use share center who can't be with us today. the harvard medical school. and our panel from the university of chicago law school. in the audience and thomas philips from the university of chicago that couldn't be with us today. please join me in welcoming our panelists, our moderator, and our discussers. [applause] >> thank you, henry. i'm joe at the american enterprise institute. i have the honor of introducing the panel. before i say a little something about them, i want to quote what i think is the single clearest sharpest statement about the state of health policy i have read in a long time. it's in the -- beginning of this report. this is -- , by the way, this is a report we're talking about. as to both world uniting universal coverage and both choice in health care. the statement is insurance marketplace and relies on a variety of stop get measures to prevent the collapse. if that isn't the american way, i don't know what it is. in any event, the great to have an market-based alternative to other plans that have been floating around. it's sort of int
dana goldman from the use share center who can't be with us today. the harvard medical school. and our panel from the university of chicago law school. in the audience and thomas philips from the university of chicago that couldn't be with us today. please join me in welcoming our panelists, our moderator, and our discussers. [applause] >> thank you, henry. i'm joe at the american enterprise institute. i have the honor of introducing the panel. before i say a little something about them,...
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. >> california congressman dana is our guest this week on news makers. he is the chair of the foreign photographers subcommittee. he discussion the u.s.-palestinian peace talks, russian relations and places like yemen and afghanistan. >> some people say well if we cut the military at least we won't have the temptation to go fight as much. and if the japanese want to fight over the isles against the chinese, let them do it. we are better off santiago out, and if we have a smaller military, we will be disinclined to get involved. if you look at historically when we fight and don't, i don't see a correlation of higher defense budgets and greater likelihood of intervening. the world wars began when we were unprepared. if we fast forward to the ragan years, in many years the ragan years, people can correct me if they wish afterwards or whenever, but the ragan years are still seen as the golden years of american defense policy because we billion up the budget and didn't really use the military. support that wonderful? i am not saying it was all ronald reagan's
. >> california congressman dana is our guest this week on news makers. he is the chair of the foreign photographers subcommittee. he discussion the u.s.-palestinian peace talks, russian relations and places like yemen and afghanistan. >> some people say well if we cut the military at least we won't have the temptation to go fight as much. and if the japanese want to fight over the isles against the chinese, let them do it. we are better off santiago out, and if we have a smaller...